PRINTER'S NO. 217
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
257
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, READSHAW, MOUL, CALTAGIRONE, ZIMMERMAN
AND GABLER, JANUARY 31, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled
substance.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1547(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, amended May 25, 2016 (P.L.236, No.33), is
amended to read:
§ 1547. Chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or
controlled substance.
(a) General rule.--Any person who drives, operates or is in
actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle in this
Commonwealth shall be deemed to have given consent to one or
more chemical tests of breath or blood for the purpose of
determining the alcoholic content of blood or the presence of a
controlled substance if [a police officer has reasonable grounds
to believe the person to have been driving, operating or in
actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle:
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(1) in violation of section 1543(b)(1.1) (relating to
driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked),
3802 (relating to driving under influence of alcohol or
controlled substance) or 3808(a)(2) (relating to illegally
operating a motor vehicle not equipped with ignition
interlock); or
(2) which was involved in an accident in which the
operator or passenger of any vehicle involved or a pedestrian
required treatment at a medical facility or was killed.] one
of the following applies:
(1) A police officer has reasonable grounds to believe
the person to have been driving, operating or in actual
physical control of the movement of a vehicle in violation
of:
(i) section 1543(b)(1.1) (relating to driving while
operating privilege is suspended or revoked);
(ii) section 3802 (relating to driving under
influence of alcohol or controlled substance); or
(iii) section 3808(a)(2) (relating to illegally
operating a motor vehicle not equipped with ignition
interlock).
(2) The person was driving, operating or in actual
physical control of the movement of a vehicle which was
involved in an accident in which the operator or passenger of
any vehicle involved or a pedestrian required treatment at a
medical facility or was killed.
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Section 2. The amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(a) shall apply
to a person driving, operating or in actual physical control of
the movement of a vehicle in this Commonwealth on or after the
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effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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